It's no different until raiders show up at your door. Your million dollars can be stored in assets outside your home.
Also, IIRC, gold quickly lost its trading value in post WW2 Germany because, uh, you couldn't eat it.
Also, IIRC, gold quickly lost its trading value in post WW2 Germany because, uh, you couldn't eat it.
If you are storing a million 'dollars' in assets then you are not storing a million 'dollars', you are storing assets currently valued at one million dollars OR also 500oz of gold.